We would like to thank long time supporter and sponsor Nix of Nothing. Moz Lunsford has been the creator of our annual poster. From the start of the run to its end they capture all the highlights with their digital artistry. Thanks, Moz!
Note: Call Postponed until further notice due to technical issues.
(Far left, with Teller and Run DMC)
From humble beginnings busking on the streets of Philadelphia to acclaimed sold–out runs on Broadway to the longest-running, and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Las Vegas history, magic’s legendary duo continues to defy labels—and at times physics and good taste — by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy.The duo star in the current hit series Penn & Teller: Fool Us! for The CW Network, on which up-and-comers and magic veterans try to fool Penn & Teller for a chance to star in the pair’s hit Las Vegas stage show. In recent years they’ve become acclaimed documentarians with the release of Tim’s Vermeer, which follows Texas-based inventor Tim Jenison on his quest to discover the methods used by Dutch Master painter Johannes Vermeer.Penn has written five books, including the New York Times Best Sellers, “God No!” and “Presto”. He hosted the NBC game show Identity and donned his ballroom shoes for ABC’s hit Dancing With The Stars. Last season, together, Penn & Teller were unmasked after several spirited performances on The Masked Singer.
In 2023, Penn & Teller celebrated 48 years of professional partnership.
Your Alpha Bats need YOU!!!!
Its Art Challenge time. Draw a member of Alpha Flight as a trading card in Alpha Flights first art challenge. Submissions have to be in by 5:00 pm pst. Send submissions to Contest@desertbus.org subject line Sports.
Winner will receive a Fangamer T-shirt in the size of your choosing and a D-Bloon.
Every day of Dawn Guard we plan to bring out a product or item we plan to run through the ringer. If we can think of something to try out with it, we'll do it (within bus safe ideas, anyway). Today we had an inflatable tube! We took him in, gave him a name and a face, and had lots of fun with him and Creepy Doll.
Overall, after everything we and Tubert Outbound went through together, Dawn Guard has given our boy 10 out of 10 Tuberts!
At 10am PST today we will be doing a live auction for this beautiful Beauty and the Beast Window Clock. Make sure you've got your donor account in order and get in chat so you can try to win this! If you have any questions, we will have lots of explanations in chat and in person once the auction begins.
We're not far from the silent auction switch over, so let's take a look at what we've got. Who knows, maybe you'll want to try your hand at getting something! Also as a reminder, our silent auction system has changed. Check out this link for more information so you can catch up.
First we have this adorable set of needle-felted art dolls represents four Magic: The Gathering planeswalkers as they appear (or might appear) on the plane of Bloomburrow - cuter than ever! Ral (Crackling Wit) has become an otter, Jace (the Mind Sculptor) is a fox, Liliana (of the Dark Realms) is now a squirrel, and Tamiyo (Field Researcher) is a lop-eared rabbit.
Next is this Hand-drawn Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Map. This mystical map is crafted from a coffee-stained and torn-edged piece of fine vellum, using acrylic inks, Pigma Micron pens, and a few custom designed, 3D printed elements. Important city locations and points of interest from throughout Mario’s journey are illustrated on dimensional “pop-up” panels, and if a need ever arises to collect them again, the location of each Crystal Star has been helpfully denoted as well.
Both of these end at 10am PST!
Next up after those, starting at 10am PST and ending at 6pm PST, we've got two items for you to check out...
First is a set of Copper Coasters with Ea-Nasir Quotes. These nine coasters made from genuine copper products feature English translations interleaved with the cuneiform transcriptions of some choice quotes from amongst the Ea-Nasir tablets found at Ur, notoriously known for containing some of the oldest recorded customer complaints.
The other item is a set of Thalassophobia Tryptich paintings. Invite the horrors of the deep everywhere you go, even the middle of the desert! This set of three watercolour paintings feature scenes from the games Dave the Diver, Dredge, and Subnautica. Each painting was carefully composed with a bold disregard for scale, geography, and biome-restricted spawns.
And again these two will start at 10am PST after the other two have ended. Make sure to search around the site, you never know what you might see...
UPDATE: Everything should be fixed now! Anyone who has purchased a poster already will have the difference in cost reimbursed to them when PMC is able to go in and deal with that. If you have anymore issues or questions please feel free to email us at store@desertbus.org.
Hey everybody! So we unfortunately have been informed of some issues with people ordering the poster. Something is off about the shipping costs - we don't know specifically what's going on unfortunately, but we're working on finding out!
We have contacted PMC to ask about what's going on, but unfortunately we will likely have to wait for the long weekend to pass before we get an answer - we're expecting we won't hear back until Tuesday.
So, until we figure all of this out, we suggest holding off on ordering the poster. If you've already ordered it, don't feel bad if you feel the need to cancel it and reorder it once stuff is worked out. We apologize again for this inconvenience to our lovely audience, but we will do everything we can do fix it!!
For the 4th year, the Dawn Guard Minecraft Server returns! This year we are giving away 20 entries into the server, 10 at the start of the first Dawn Guard shift, and then 10 towards the end. Each winner will receive access to a private 1.20.1 Java Minecraft server, along with an invite to a private Discord server. Once all 20 players are situated, it’s up to them to come together over the course of the week to explore the server, punch trees, and build up an incredible Minecraft world. At the end of each Dawn Guard shift, we’ll hop onto the server to check in on your progress, and deliver goodies to help you in your quest!
Basic rules/guidelines to consider before entering this giveaway:
Minecraft experience is not at all required, but owning the game is obviously is! For this particular server you’ll be required to own a copy of the Java version of the game.
-No one is required to log on every day, or put in a minimum number of hours, but if you think you’d only be able to play for 20 minutes each day, if that, please refrain from entering.
-The Discord server is entirely optional, but is highly recommended as it makes communication between all the players much easier. The Discord server this year is baked into the Dawncraft United Discord server (more on that in a minute)
-This should absolutely go without saying, but for both the Minecraft and Discord servers there is zero tolerance for abusive behavior toward your fellow players. Something new to this year is the existence of Dawncraft United. A Minecraft and Discord server made up of all previous years winners. They remain active throughout the year in both Discord and Minecraft. It is a community driven server, Desert Bus for Hope has no official presence on either server (James is a member of both, but not super active). Which means that while winners of this years Dawn Guard Minecraft Server giveaway will be invited into the great Dawncraft United server after this years run, it is not a requirement at all! Just a fun little bonus 😄
So donate $5.21 or multiples thereof before 7:30am PST to get a chance to win a slot in the server and create to your hearts content!
